{"id":20213,"date":"2026-09-07T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/?p=20213"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:38:26","slug":"engaging-with-scripture-art-in-the-chapel-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/engaging-with-scripture-art-in-the-chapel-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging with Scripture: Art in the Chapel Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Chapel services begin again, we wanted to highlight the chapel art that was created earlier this year and highlighted in the Summer Salt & Light. Each week we will share the story behind one of the banners:<\/span><\/p>\n

Once a month in the chapel service, we participated in a worship practice that drew us into embodied participation with the Word. These embodied practices were tied to painting or drawing that now fill the banners in the chapel.<\/span><\/p>\n

These banners were brought to life through the collaboration and leadership of Kari Miller, who, throughout the season of Lent and Easter, came to both lead and participate in worship; she helped to illuminate for us ways in which we could use calligraphy and pictography as a way of engaging the scripture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Materials:<\/b> Paper, watercolor, and ink<\/span><\/p>\n

Scripture:<\/b> Psalm 23; John 10:1-10<\/span><\/p>\n

Prompt: <\/b>Psalm 23 is one of the most recognizable scriptures in the Bible; engaging it amid the season of Easter, however, illuminates new facets within this well-loved Psalm. We were asked to reflect on the peaceful images evoked by that Psalm paired with the passage from John 14, which shares the rich imagery of sheep and their shepherd. We used colorful watercolor in our first prompt and were asked to capture some of the emotional of Psalm 23 in the shapes and colors of our painting. Then we listened to the passage from John and responded with ink again, painting connective tissues and pathways between our colorful images of rest. We had enough people at this service that we needed to have two banners, which now hang on the north wall of the chapel.<\/span><\/p>\n

These embodied practices using a variety of artistic media expanded our engagement with the scripture. They stretched us in interesting ways and helped to us to remember the importance of engaging scripture with more than just our minds. When we welcome our whole selves, body, mind, and soul, into the practice of engaging God through God\u2019s story as revealed in scripture, we open a door to a new experience of God and our worship of God in community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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